BRIDGET JONES 2 (15)

Having captured the heart of Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones is back to follow the course of true love to its smooth-running conclusion. Or is she? (See review opposite)

Odeon, Worcester 1.55, 4.35, 7.15, 9.20. VUE (9.30, 10.30 Sat/Sun) (12.00 Fri/Sat/Sun), 1.00, 2.45, 3.40, 5.30, 6.30, 8.10, 9.10. Fri/Sat late 10.50. Malvern Cinema (4.30 Sat/Sun/Thurs), 7.45. UCI Merry Hill (12.10 Sat/Sun), 1.10, 3.00, 4.00, 5.45, 6.50, 8.30, 9.30. Fri/Sat late 11.20

LADIES IN LAVENDER (12A)

When two elderly sisters (played by Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) living in a Cornish village in the 1930s find a young man washed up on the beach, they take him into their home and nurse him back to health with some unexpected consequences.

Odeon, Worcester 1.45, 5.50, 8.00. UCI Merry Hill 1.20, 3.50, 6.20, 8.50.

THE GRUDGE (15)

Remake of Takashi Shimizu's cult Japanese horror Ju-On: The Grudge. Set in Japan, Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as an American exchange student who discovers a terrifying curse.

Shimizu's slick direction retains much of the suspense and psychological terror of the original.

Odeon, Worcester 3.30, 6.00, 8.15. VUE (11.10 Sat), 1.30, 4.00, 6.20, 8.50. Fri/Sat late 11.20. UCI Merry Hill (11.50 Sat/Sun), 2.20, 4.40, 7.00, 9.10. Fri/Sat Late 11.30

BAD SANTA (15)

Billy Bob Thornton is on fine form as a hard-drinking con man whose Santa disguise forms the basis of his latest scam until a wide-eyed eight-year-old boy intervenes.

Wickedly original dark-edged comedy.

Odeon, Worcester 5.50, 8.55. UCI Merry Hill (11.40 Sat/Sun), 2.10, 4.30, 7.10, 9.40.

BIRTH (15)

Controversial, haunting and hugely engaging drama starring Nicole Kidman as a woman set to remarry, 10 years after her husband's death.

When a young boy convincingly claims to be her late husband reincarnated, her world begins to crumble.

Odeon, Worcester 3.05, 7.05. UCI Merry Hill. 8.40

SHARK TALE (U)

Undersea computer-animated comedy from the producers of Shrek. A fast-talking little fish (voiced by Will Smith) gets into hot water when a tall story gets him tangled up with a formidable family of great white sharks.

Odeon, Worcester 3.15, 5.20 (12.50 Sat/Sun). VUE (11.20 Sat/Sun), 1.50, 4.20, 6.50. UCI Merry Hill (10.50 Sat/Sun), 1.00, 4.10, 6.30.

ALIEN VS PREDATOR (15)

A crack team of B-list actors is dispatched to dig up a mysterious pyramid frozen into the Antarctic. Bad move. Inside are two sets of unpleasant beasties just itching to cover the screen in gloop and gore.

Odeon, Worcester 2.45, 9.30 VUE (2.00, 4.30 Not Sat/Sun), 7.00, (9.30 Not Fri/Sat). UCI Merry Hill (7.00 Not Mon/Tue), 9.20. Fri/Sat late 11.50

WHITE CHICKS (12A)

Tale of two black FBI agents (Shawn and Marlon Wayans) dressing as a pair of blonde society airheads.

Odeon, Worcester (12.15 Sat/Sun), 4.20. UCI Merry Hill (3.50 Not Sun).